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Last Prem Game of 06/07: Manchester United Vs West Ham Unite
| Quote: |  Old Trafford
Sunday, 13 May
Kick-off: 1500 BST
Coverage on the BBC Sport website, BBC Radio Five Live & highlights on Match of the Day
This will be a featured match on Sunday's Score - 1430 BST on BBCi and bbc.co.uk/score
Manchester United are expected to name a strong side against relegation-threatened West Ham.
The Premiership champions are likely to name either Cristiano Ronaldo or Wayne Rooney on the bench, with Alan Smith given a chance to impress.
West Ham star Carlos Tevez could be playing his final game for the club as his future remains in doubt.
Luis Boa Morte is set to continue on the left of midfield for the Hammers, who know a point would keep them up.
Sir Alex Ferguson says he turned down the chance to sign Carlos Tevez:
"He is the one who has lifted their game.
"We were offered them him and Javier Mascherano but if I remember correctly, we weren't sure of the deal.
"Tevez has scored a couple of really good free-kicks and seems to have a bit of enthusiasm for it."
West Ham boss Alan Curbishley has played down suggestions relegation rivals Sheffield United and Wigan could collude to send the Hammers down.
If Wigan win at Sheffield United and West Ham lose at Manchester United then Curbishley's side will be relegated.
"Sheffield United have to play as if they need to stay up. If not, they may find it turn on them.
"That happened a couple of years ago. Crystal Palace were six minutes from staying up and suddenly went down."
Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Brown, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Heinze, Evra, Fletcher, Ronaldo, Scholes, Eagles, Carrick, Giggs, Richardson, Rooney, Smith, Solskjaer, Dong.
West Ham (from): Green, Neill, Collins, Ferdinand, McCartney, Benayoun, Reo-Coker, Noble, Boa Morte, Zamora, Tevez, Carroll, Dailly, Spector, Davenport, Konchesky, Mullins, Bowyer, Etherington, Cole, Harewood, Blanco, Sheringham.
BIG-MATCH FACTS
MANCHESTER UNITED return home as champions of England for the 16th time in their history. They will be presented with their ninth Premiership trophy and first in four years, after facing relegation candidates West Ham. Victory will give United 29 victories in a top flight season for the first time ever, eclipsing the 28 achieved in 1956-57 and 1999-2000.
This will be a more competitive contest than Wednesday's dead rubber against Chelsea. United players have places to win in the team for next Saturday's FA Cup final against Chelsea at the new Wembley.
United have picked up 30 points out of 33 in home Premiership matches against West Ham.
WEST HAM UNITED need a point to be certain of their Premiership future - any pending legal proceedings permitting. The Hammers will also still stay up if they match Wigan's result. But defeat at Old Trafford, coupled with victory for Wigan will see the Londoners playing Championship soccer next season, unless the Latics' victory is so emphatic it means Sheffield United's goal difference, currently three superior to West Ham's, becomes inferior. In that case, the Blades will go down instead.
Alan Curbishley's reign at Upton Park got off to a dream start with a shock 1-0 win over Manchester United on 17 December. They then completed 11 winless League games, gaining just three points in the process. But survival chances have been rekindled subsequently with six wins from eight outings.
Nigel Reo Coker's goal in December proved sufficient for only West Ham's second win in 23 Premiership encounters with Manchester United. Now they're on the look out for a first 'double' over the Red Devils since their 1976-77 top flight campaign.
REFEREE
Martin Atkinson (Yorkshire)
Premiership referees' table
Martin Atkinson's 2006-07 Premiership card count
SEQUENCES/RECENT FORM
MANCHESTER UNITED
Club stats
Fixtures
1st 88 points
CHAMPIONS £9,660,000
1. Victory will equal their highest points total in a Premiership season of 92 points - picked up when gaining the title in 1993-94 from a 42-game campaign. It will be their best total in a 38-match season, and will beat Chelsea's winning mark of 91 last season, but trail by three the Blues' 95 points total in the previous campaign.
2. Lost one of the last 13 Premiership matches.
3. Won more Premiership matches this season than any other club (28 ), drawn fewer (five), dropped fewer points (22), scored more goals (83), at one every 40 minutes on average, and boast the highest aggregate of 109 goals (83 for, 26 against), at 2.95 per match.
4. Opened the scoring in 26 top tier engagements - only Chelsea have taken the lead more often (27 times).
5. Failed to score in just three Premiership matches this season, and in one of the last 19.
6. Been involved in just one goalless draw in the highest League this season. Wednesday's 0-0 against Chelsea was their only no score draw in 38 matches - the equivalent of an entire League season. Won 15 and drawn one of their 16 Premiership games this term in which clean sheets were kept.
7. Own the longest list of different scorers of Premiership goals this term of 17 players.
8. Won more home Premiership games than any other club (15 of 18 ), gained more points on home turf (47) and undefeated in the last 15, winning 13 and drawing two since the solitary Old Trafford defeat (0-1 to Arsenal on 17 September).
9. "Doubled" only by Arsenal so far this season.
WEST HAM UNITED
Club stats
Fixtures
17th 38 points
Highest achievable finish: 15th £2,898,000
Lowest possible finish: 18th £1,449,000
1. Lost more Premiership matches than any other club this season (21).
2. Conceded 59 goals at one every 56 minutes on average - the poorest defensive record in the Premiership.
3. Failed to score in 17 Premiership matches. Only Watford (18 ) and Manchester City (19) have missed the target more often.
4. Opened the scoring 12 times. Only Watford have taken the lead less frequently in the highest echelon (nine times).
5. Conceded the opening goal in more top tier matches this term than any other club (24).
6. Their previous lowest points total in a Premier League season was 42. The most recent of the three occasions when that number was accrued was 2002-03, when it wasn't sufficent to avoid relegation. The best they can accumulate this time is 41.
7. One of the worst behaved clubs in the highest League - 86 cards (two red, 84 yellow).
8. Gained maximum points on the road only three times (against Blackburn, Arsenal and Wigan), and scored only 10 away Premiership goals - fewer than any other club with the exception of Sheffield United (eight).
8. Failed to score in an unmatched 12 of their 18 top division fixtures away from Upton Park, and kept just three clean sheets on the road. Only Tottenham, Newcastle and Fulham have an inferior performance (two clean sheets each away from home).
9. 'Doubled' just Blackburn and Arsenal so far this season.
KEY PLAYER NOTES/POTENTIAL MILESTONES
MANCHESTER UNITED
Squad profiles
Wayne ROONEY and Cristiano RONALDO are Manchester United's joint top scorers with 23 goals each.
RONALDO is the club's leading marksman in the Premiership with 17. The Portugal World Cup star is two behind Chelsea's Didier Drogba at the head of the race for the Barclays Golden Boot.
If selected in the 11, RONALDO will be making his 150th start for the Red Devils.
If ROONEY plays, he'll be making his 100th Premiership appearance for the newly crowned champions.
Paul SCHOLES is one goal short of holding the record outright as Manchester United's highest scorer of Premier League goals. He has netted 95 and equalled Ruud van Nistelrooy's total. Ryan GIGGS has scored 93 times in the Premiership.
GIGGS is a double short of 100 League goals.
GIGGS has achieved an all-time top flight record in collecting a ninth League winners' medal this season. The Welshman was formally the joint record holder with Alan Hansen and Phil Neal of Liverpool.
When next selected in the 11, Gary NEVILLE will be making his 350th Premiership start - all for the Red Devils.
If he plays, Rio FERDINAND will be making his 150th Premiership appearance in a United shirt.
FERDINAND began his professional career with West Ham. The England international made 158 appearances (127 in the League) and scored two League goals for the Upton Park club in five years from November 1995, until his £18m move to Leeds.
Michael CARRICK was also a West Ham trainee. The 25 year old made 159 appearances (136 in the League) and scored six League goals in six seasons for the Eastenders until his £3m move to Tottenham in August 2004.
WEST HAM UNITED
Squad profiles
Bobby ZAMORA is West Ham's leading scorer with 11 goals - all in the Premiership.
Marlon HAREWOOD is a hat trick short of 50 League goals for the Hammers and one shy of 100 career League goals (Nottingham Forest, Ipswich and West Ham).
If on the field at kick off, HAREWOOD will be making his 150th start in a West Ham shirt.
Dean ASHTON needs a double to bring his career total of club goals to 100.
If he lines up for the kick-off, Daniel GABBIDON will be making his 50th Premiership start for the Upton Park club.
When next he lines-up for the opening whistle, Teddy SHERINGHAM will be making his 50th start for the east Londoners. He's also a hat trick shy of 150 career Premier League goals.
SHERINGHAM is one of three former Manchester United players in the West Ham squad. The veteran England forward made 153 appearances (104 in the Premiership) and scored 46 goals (31 League) in four seasons with the Red Devils from July 1997.
Roy CARROLL kept goal 72 times for the Old Trafford club (49 in the Premiership) in four seasons until his free transfer to Upton Park in June 2005.
Jonathan SPECTOR started his professional career at the Theatre of Dreams, making eight appearances (three in the League).
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Manchester United 1-0 West Ham United
29 March 2006 - Ref: Graham Poll
Man United scorer: van Nistelrooy 45
THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE
West Ham United 1-0 Manchester United
17 December 2006 - Ref: Phil Dowd
West Ham scorer: Reo-Coker 75
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
Home and away
League: Man United 45 wins, West Ham 35, Draws 23
Prem: Man United 14 wins, West Ham 2, Draws 7
at Man United only
League: Man United 34 wins, West Ham 11, Draws 6
Prem: Man United 10 wins, West Ham 1, Draws 0
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i got to say we should take this easily though west ham have the class and potential to pull an upset |
| Sat May 12, 2007 4:55 am |
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| doggiedog wrote: | | i got to say we should take this easily though west ham have the class and potential to pull an upset |
yep
| Quote: | THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE
West Ham United 1-0 Manchester United
17 December 2006 - Ref: Phil Dowd
West Ham scorer: Reo-Coker 75 |
but, with the form of Ronaldo & Rooney, then its gotta be easy 4 MUFC |
| Sat May 12, 2007 11:07 am |
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Manchester United 0:
West Ham United 1: Tevez - 60
WOW |
| Sun May 13, 2007 3:30 pm |
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| Quote: | Carlos Tevez fired West Ham to a shock win at champions Manchester United to help keep his side in the Premiership.
The Argentine - at the centre of a row over his registration - scored on the stroke of half-time from close range.
Manchester United wasted a string of chances as West Ham fought fiercely for their top-flight status at the expense of Sheffield United who lost to Wigan.
West Ham stood firm to pull-off an amazing relegation escape and spoil Sir Alex Ferguson's title party.
Interview: West Ham boss Alan Curbishley
A weakened Manchester United side were celebrating their 16th English league title against a Hammers team who needed a point to guarantee their Premiership status.
Sir Alex Ferguson left a host of star names on the bench and there were no complaints from his West Ham counterpart Alan Curbishley.
West Ham started confidently enough but it was the champions who had the first clear opportunity when Rooney squandered a great chance to open the scoring after Darren Fletcher's through-ball.
Wes Brown was twice called into action at the other end to clear his lines as the Hammers showed plenty of willingness to attack.
The home side looked the more likely to break through and Rooney, Alan Smith and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer all had half chances as West Ham held firm.
Yossi Benayoun rescued West Ham twice in a matter of seconds when he first headed Smith's flicked effort off the line, then stood firm as Kieran Richardson let fly with the rebound.
Tevez appealed for a penalty when his shot flicked off Brown but had to make do with a corner, which Fletcher cleared.
Robert Green then made a superb fingertip save to deny John O'Shea at the other end before Rooney screwed his volley wide after Heinze picked him out with a superb far-post cross.
West Ham took the lead in injury time, the home defence failing to deal Green's long punt down field and, after exchanging passes with Bobby Zamora, Tevez squeezed his shot home.
The Red Devils were struggling to make any headway and Ferguson made a triple substitution before the hour mark with Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick and Alan Smith replaced by Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Hammers were forced back by wave after wave of red attacks which came to very little before Luis Boa Morte blazed a shot high and wide from a Nigel Reo-Coker cross.
West Ham survived several more near misses as cries of "champions, champions" echoed around Old Trafford.
But it was West Ham who deserved the victory after a lacklustre display from the home side with the FA Cup final just six days away.
For West Ham it was the culmination of a six week-long miracle relegation escape - that is unless the Sheffield United lawyers have their way.
Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Brown, Heinze, Evra (Giggs 57), Solskjaer, Carrick (Scholes 5 , Fletcher, Richardson, Smith (Ronaldo 5, Rooney.
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Vidic.
West Ham: Green, Neill, Collins, Ferdinand, McCartney (Spector 2, Benayoun, Reo-Coker, Noble, Boa Morte, Zamora (Harewood 63), Tevez (Mullins 82).
Subs Not Used: Walker, Davenport.
Booked: Collins, Tevez.
Goals: Tevez 45.
Att: 75,927.
Ref: M Atkinson (W Yorkshire).
 Match-winner Tevez remains at the centre of controversy |
West Ham stay up, & win against MUFC, nice-1 WHU! |
| Sun May 13, 2007 6:02 pm |
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